What is Blood saturation?
Blood Saturation is an index given to the amount of Hemoglobin in percentage, that is being used to carry oxygen. Hemoglobin exists inside every red blood cell, and when the blood cell enters the lung, oxygen chemically attaches itself to hemoglobin. Such molecule is called Oxyhemoglobin (Hb02). When calculating Hemoglobin saturation levels, the HbO2 molecules are divided by the sum total amount of Hb molecules, and multiplied by a 100. the result figure is the Hemoglobin Saturation Index. Many respiratory diseases occur due to low hemoglobin Saturation levels though the blood flows well, hemoglobin cannot carry oxygen at full capacity. If low hemoglobin levels are accompanied by other medical conditions such as, arthrosclerosis, heart problems, airway congestion etc’, the oxygen levels in the blood can drop sharply overtime, and can endanger the patient’s life. Therefore. it is very important to know Hemoglobin saturation levels of the patient, constantly, in order for the doctors to
